YouTube's biggest growth these past few years has come from viewership on TVs, and the Google-owned company is now looking to make some more money from that. One way to do it is the introduction of unskippable 30-second ads on TVs. These are now available for advertisers globally. The company explains to advertisers that its AI "dynamically optimizes between 6-second Bumpers, 15-second standard, and 30-second connected TV-only non-skippable ad formats, ensuring your campaign reaches the right audience at the right time". Obviously, the solution is to pay for YouTube Premium if you...
YouTube's biggest growth these past few years has come from viewership on TVs, and the Google-owned company is now looking to make some more money from that. One way to do it is the introduction of unskippable 30-second ads on TVs. These are now available for advertisers globally. The company explains to advertisers that its AI "dynamically optimizes between 6-second Bumpers, 15-second standard, and 30-second connected TV-only non-skippable ad formats, ensuring your campaign reaches the right audience at the right time". Obviously, the solution is to pay for YouTube Premium if you...
Spring is the perfect time to start a new hobby, spend some quality time outdoors in the sun or buy a new smartphone. Amazon kicked off its Spring Deals sales event, and there are a bunch of offers on deck. The Pixel 10 series is available with some nice discounts. We start off with the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, which can be had for €1,429. It was the first foldable to bring IP68 ingress protection and also offers a great 8.0-inch LTPO OLED folding screen, triple cameras with a dedicated 5x telephoto and Google’s clean take on Android 16 with 7 promised updates. ...
The Apple iPhone 17e is on sale as of today, and we managed to get ours from the store and in for review! It starts from €700/£600/INR 64,900 and 256GB - last year's 16e had a base storage of 128GB and cost the same at launch (except in India). So double the storage for the same price - nice! The boz contents are the same - you get a SIM tool and a USB-C cable, but it's a nice braided one. So what's new on the iPhone 17e? MagSafe, for one. Ask anyone to say what they'd like added to the cheapest iPhone, and they'll unanimously answer - a ProMotion, 120Hz display. And MagSafe will...
Amazon’s Spring Deal Days are the first major sales event from the retailer for this year. Here we will focus on tablets and smartwatches, but we will also have a look at smartphone deals soon. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE and Tab S10 FE+ are 10.9” and 13.1” tablets, respectively, with 90Hz IPS LCDs. Both are powered by the Exynos 1580 chipset and have expandable storage. The smaller slate has an 8,000mAh battery, while the larger one has a 10,090mAh battery. Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE and Tab S10 FE+ £125...
According to a new rumor from China, Honor is currently testing the upcoming Magic9 with a 6.36-inch flat OLED screen and a battery capacity around 8,000 mAh. The phone will also have a periscope telephoto camera, an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor, and support for wireless charging. If this pans out, then the Magic9 will be smaller than its predecessor, and it will also pack the biggest battery of any phone of a similar size to date. It will steal that crown from the soon to be unveiled OnePlus 15T, which is going to sport a 7,500 mAh battery in a similarly sized...
Oppo has announced that it will raise prices on some of its cheaper devices in China, as well as on OnePlus devices, starting on March 16 at 12AM local time. The price hikes will affect all OnePlus models sold in China, alongside the Oppo A and K series. For now at least, prices won't be increased for the Reno and Find series smartphones, nor the Oppo tablets. These are the brand's higher-margin devices, so it makes sense that they wouldn't be affected yet. OnePlus 15 While the company hasn't provided an official reason for this price hike, or any indication of how much the prices...
Following their announcements last week, the iPhone 17e and new 11” and 13” M4 iPad Air models are now on open sale. They are joined by the updated M5 generation MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, as well as the new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR. iPhone 17e With the iPhone 17e, Apple discontinued the 128GB base trim, so you now get 256GB as the starting storage tier. Apple managed to retain the same starting price as the iPhone 16e in most regions except India. The 512GB version of the 17e is actually cheaper than the iPhone 16e across every region. For more details on the iPhone...
According to a new report, iQOO may not launch any new Neo series smartphones in India in 2026. The last device in the lineup to debut in the country was the Neo10, which was unveiled in May 2025. The report notes that iQOO is refining its smartphone portfolio strategy due to rising component costs. Instead of launching a Neo series device in 2026, the company will be focussing on its flagship products. iQOO Neo11 If the report turns out to be accurate, iQOO will likely not bring the Neo11 to India. The iQOO Neo11 debuted in China in October 2025 and features a Snapdragon 8 Elite...
After debuting in global markets last month, the Xiaomi 17 and Xiaomi 17 Ultra have now been launched in India. Both smartphones arrive with specifications identical to their global counterparts. The Xiaomi 17 Ultra is priced at INR 1,39,999 ($1,525) for the sole 16GB/512GB variant. As part of an early bird offer running from March 13 to March 17, customers will receive the Xiaomi Professional Photography Kit at no additional cost. The phone will go on sale in India starting March 18 and will be available via Amazon and Xiaomi’s official online store. It will be offered in Black and...